deontologizt

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by deontologizt 10y ago
I don't know if this counts, but YC funds the Centre for Effective Altruism and 80,000 Hours. CEA, 80k, and OPP are all part of the "effective altruism" ecosystem, and it is not hard to find personal connections between them.
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by deontologizt 10y ago
> Utilitarianism is primarily about maximizing utility of a wide spectrum of the population as it pertains to humans and societies and has nothing to do with animals, wild or domestic except for the utility they provide humanity with. Ac
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by deontologizt 10y ago
It's not letting me edit my comment, so I'll post this separately. I can't help but feel that accusing me of "selective quoting" is just a tactic used to deflect a true observation. As far as I can tell, the most we
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by deontologizt 10y ago
Thank you for the response and I'm sorry for the tone of my earlier comment. > As your linked article notes, there is wide disagreement on a range of thorny philosophical issues across a range of cause areas, but the scare quotes&#x
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by deontologizt 10y ago
Why does CEA openly support the Foundational Research Institute even though their fringe negative utilitarian value system is dangerous?
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by deontologizt 10y ago
Actually, most "effective altruists" support habitat destruction because it reduces the number of animals, and therefore also the amount of suffering. I find this very disturbing. If you want details, see my other comment on this
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by deontologizt 10y ago
This is a great reductio ad absurdum of utilitarianism. However, I find it very worrying that the so-called "effective altruism" movement takes this kind of thing seriously. Look up the EA-affiliated "Foundational Research In